Jules Cesar (100-44 BC) refused the royal diademe offered to him by Marc Antoine (83-30 BC) during the lupercalas; 44 BC (Rome celebrates the festival of the Lupercal in 44 BC; Mark Antony presents Caesar with a royal diadem; urging him to take it and declare king - He refuses this offer and orders the crown to be placed in the Temple of Jupiter) Engraving from ??History of the world??by Ridpath 1885 Private collection